{"product_id":"9781405973908","title":"A House in Sicily","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Adorno, Luisa | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 14\/05\/2026 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e215 x 137 x 20mm | 236g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – and one of the most exciting rediscovered classics in years. During WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family. But very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region’s recently overthrown fascist regime…Translated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, A House in Sicily is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57082771505527,"sku":"9781405973908","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781405973908.jpg?v=1778508743","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781405973908","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}